Dumping-sled



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R. GREGG.

DUMPING SLBD.

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RICHARD GREGG, OF AURORA, INDIANA.

DUMPlNG-SLED.

SPECIFICATION forming par?. of Letters Patent No. 388,192, dated August21, 1888.

Application filed Nay T, IS'B.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD GREGG, residing at Aurora, in the county ofDearborn and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Dumping- Sleds, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to selfdumping sleds, especially intended for usein gathering hay from windrows into cocks, but capable of other uses.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of partsconstituting the de vice.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective ofthe sled or Sledge and theholding-teeth and moving-lever and links. Fig. l is a detail sideelevation of the teeth, links, and lever. Fig. 3 is a modified detailshowing teeth and link.

A A indieatcthe runners of asled orsledge. These runners are connectedat the front above the bend by a cross-bar, B. Each runner has anincline-plate,C, leading from the top of the bend to the rear oftherunner, said plate being supported by suitable knees or braces, D. Theplates C U are connected at the front by the cross-bar B, and also at alittle distance in rear thereof by a crossbar, ll.

As many longitudinal string-pieces F F as may be desired are placedbetween the runners, extending back from the cross bar Il to the rear ofthe sled. In general two of these string-pieces will be enough for ahaysled, and one maybe suiiieient. These pieces F are parallel withplates C C, and form with said plates an inclined open platform. Therear ends of the string-pieces will rest on the ground, and may be shodwith iron, ifdesired. Generally wooden shoes will be preferred for thesled.

The inclined platform, consisting of the plates and string-pieces, isunobstructed by cross'bars from the bar E to the rear of the sled, thispart of the sled beingthe part which receives the load.

A number of teeth, I, are pivoted to one or more of the string-pieces F.I have shown these teeth pivoted to hangers Is". on the stringpieces, sothat the teeth are between these Serial No. 273,055. (No model.)

pieces. rIhe teeth I are connected together by a link, L, pivotallyconnected to the teeth or to lugs or pins on the teeth. The front tooth,1, is connected by a draw-bar, M, with a lever, N, which is pivoted nearthe front of the sled, and is retained in upright position by catch O onstandard l. When the lever is held by this catch, the draw rod or bar Mand link L will retain the teeth I I in upright position. \Vhen thelever is released, these teeth lnay turn down, as in Figs. 2 and il.

For gathering hay into cocks the sled is drawn along a windrow and thehayis thrown on, being retained by the teeth I. A haycock of any desiredsize is built on the sled. \Vhen the hay-cock is complete, the lever Nis operated to turn back teeth I, and the hayw cock will slide from therear of the sled and rest on the ground in a perfect shape. The sledneed not be stopped at all in loading and unloading, as two men canthrow the hay of a windrow on the sled as fast as a team will ordinarilywalk, and the sled will move out from under the load as soon as theteeth are turned back.

The samesled maybe used in drawing brush, cord-wood, and similarmaterial on a farm, the self-dumping property making it very useful. Bybinding the load with cords or chains the teeth may be omitted.

As the sled is made quite low, it is easy to load, the hay or othermaterial used in loading being lifted but a little way. Logs, &e., maybe rolled onto the rear end of the sled which could not be rolled up askid into a wagon without a much greater expenditure of power Thereshould be no side projections on the sled to obstruct the loading. Asled with broad runners will move over the stubble of a mowed field veryeasily. My sled has been used in the hay-lield and found to giveexcellent satisfaction.

\Vhat I claim isi 1. The combination, in a sled, of runners havingplates inclined from above the bend at the front to nearly the level ofthe ground at the rear, crossbars at the front connecting said runners,and intermediate string-pieees inclined from front to rear, the rearends of said pieces resting on the ground, substantially as described.

scribed, and a lever connected to said rods by which the teeth may bemanipulated, as Set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 2. The combination, with asled having an upper platform inclined from front to rear, of l movableteeth extending above the surface of l Said platform when turned up, anda holder l to retain said teeth in nprlght position. l presence oftwoWitnesses.

1o turned up, connecting links and rods, as de- 3. In a farnrsled, thecombination of the v i l i u y i runners, an inclined platformconsisting ol' LH'HID (ILLGG' longitudinal bars to Support the load,pivoted l VitneSSes: teeth extending above the platform when! XV. A.BARTLETT,

SQHUYLER DURYEE.

